On July 3, Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian received the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Bernard Fassier (France), Robert Bradtke (USA) and Andrzej Kasprzyk, the personal representative to the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office who arrived in Yerevan within the framework of a regional visit.

The Co-Chairs presented the details of their meetings held with the authorities of the NKR in Stepanakert the day before to Foreign Minister Nalbandian. The Armenian Foreign Minister mentioned that the full participation of the NKR in the negotiations on the peaceful settlement is a necessity and guarantee of the effectiveness of the process, because it is impossible to come to an agreement without Artsakh.

In the course of the meeting they discussed about the continuation of negotiations on the basis of the results registered during the trilateral meeting between the Presidents held in St. Petersburg.

The agenda of the meeting also included the organization of a possible ministerial-level meeting in the sidelines of unofficial meeting of the OSCE Foreign Ministers which is to be held in Almaty in mid-July.